⭐ Merited by 1miau (1)
Great compilation and important advice for all Newbies.
Thank you very much.
In addition, I'm sometimes of the impression that some shameless Merit grab "presentations" of interesting topics are done intentionally, where the original content is just copy pasted from a source or a few parts modified and the content therefore "appears" to be unique but the source links are obfuscated by hiding them below.
I have seen countless times such articles where the OP will copy verbatim something from the internet, and maybe managed to paraphrase some parts of the articles and at the end of the thread dump some related and unrelated links to avoid plagiarism. While it is not a good practice, the only good thing is that they tried to show that the work isn't their original ideas. Unlike some who will present or try to claim ownership, that will eventually lead to their ban.
When a Merit source isn't reading that content entirely or sending a Merit in advance but the fact that it's not original content, it's some sort shameless Merit fishing in my opinion.
That's not plagiarism of course but an attempt to obfuscate the fact that the content is mostly copied from somewhere else.
That's not plagiarism of course but an attempt to obfuscate the fact that the content is mostly copied from somewhere else.
Do some persons send merits in advance before reading a post? If yes, it's not a good habit. Unless it's someone I know that has been producing quality topics, even at that, I'll still be able to read through to determine the amount of merits to hand out.
Presenting unique content is king.
No doubt sir. The content will remain unique and as well stand the test of time. But the reality is, only a few will be willing to invest the type of effort that brings uniqueness when there are simpler was to produce a look-alike.